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===DMCA takedowns of competing games===

There has been a documented history of Microsoft submitting [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] takedown notices to various voxel-based sandbox games which act as competition to Minecraft. As of ''February 10th, 2026'', the latest takedown was the project Allumeria,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mazeriio |date=Feb 10, 2026 |title=Tweet from Mazeriio |url=https://~~xcancel~~.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=X formerly [[Twitter]]}}</ref> which existed as a wholly original project that was unreasonably delisted from Steam. The following is a complete list of competing games taken down by Microsoft.

There has been a documented history of Microsoft submitting [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] takedown notices to various voxel-based sandbox games which act as competition to Minecraft. As of ''February 10th, 2026'', the latest takedown was the project Allumeria,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Mazeriio |date=Feb 10, 2026 |title=Tweet from Mazeriio |url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321121352/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |archive-date=21 Mar 2026 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=X formerly [[Twitter]]}}</ref> which existed as a wholly original project that was unreasonably delisted from Steam. The following is a complete list of competing games taken down by Microsoft.

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|[[Microsoft]] submitted a [[DMCA]] notice to [[Valve]] via [[Tracer.ai]] over Allumeria after its systems detected that the game was supposedly using stolen assets from the game.<ref~~>{{Cite web |last~~=~~Mazeriio |date=Feb 10, 2026 |title=Tweet from Mazeriio |url=https~~:/~~/xcancel.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=X formerly [[Twitter]]}}</ref~~> In an archived snapshot of Allumeria's [[Steam]] page, no assets were discernibly taken from Minecraft.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Unomelon |title=Allumeria's Steam page |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308151651/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-date=Mar 8, 2025 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=[[Steam]]}}</ref> A day later, Microsoft withdrew the complaint and Allumeria was reinstated on Steam store page.<ref>[[File:Screenshot_from_Allumeria_Discord_server.png|thumb|Screenshot from Allumeria Discord server announcing that game has been reinstated on Steam.]]

|[[Microsoft]] submitted a [[DMCA]] notice to [[Valve]] via [[Tracer.ai]] over Allumeria after its systems detected that the game was supposedly using stolen assets from the game.<ref name=":4" /> In an archived snapshot of Allumeria's [[Steam]] page, no assets were discernibly taken from Minecraft.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Unomelon |title=Allumeria's Steam page |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308151651/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-date=Mar 8, 2025 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=[[Steam]]}}</ref> A day later, Microsoft withdrew the complaint and Allumeria was reinstated on Steam store page.<ref>[[File:Screenshot_from_Allumeria_Discord_server.png|thumb|Screenshot from Allumeria Discord server announcing that game has been reinstated on Steam.]]

</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unomelon |date=2026-02-11 |title=Post by @unomelon.bsky.social |url=https://bsky.app/profile/unomelon.bsky.social/post/3mekpz2kras2t |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260211090940/https://bsky.app/profile/unomelon.bsky.social/post/3mekpz2kras2t |archive-date=2026-02-11 |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=Bluesky}}</ref>

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 ===DMCA takedowns of competing games<!-- Incidents that need research before inclusion: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/39fu0s/dmca_takedown/  -->===
-There has been a documented history of Microsoft submitting [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] takedown notices to various voxel-based sandbox games which act as competition to Minecraft. As of ''February 10th, 2026'', the latest takedown was the project Allumeria,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mazeriio |date=Feb 10, 2026 |title=Tweet from Mazeriio |url=https://xcancel.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=X formerly [[Twitter]]}}</ref> which existed as a wholly original project that was unreasonably delisted from Steam. The following is a complete list of competing games taken down by Microsoft.<!-- Keep the table organized chronologically please! -->
+There has been a documented history of Microsoft submitting [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] takedown notices to various voxel-based sandbox games which act as competition to Minecraft. As of ''February 10th, 2026'', the latest takedown was the project Allumeria,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Mazeriio |date=Feb 10, 2026 |title=Tweet from Mazeriio |url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321121352/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |archive-date=21 Mar 2026 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=X formerly [[Twitter]]}}</ref> which existed as a wholly original project that was unreasonably delisted from Steam. The following is a complete list of competing games taken down by Microsoft.<!-- Keep the table organized chronologically please! -->
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-|[[Microsoft]] submitted a [[DMCA]] notice to [[Valve]] via [[Tracer.ai]] over Allumeria after its systems detected that the game was supposedly using stolen assets from the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mazeriio |date=Feb 10, 2026 |title=Tweet from Mazeriio |url=https://xcancel.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=X formerly [[Twitter]]}}</ref> In an archived snapshot of Allumeria's [[Steam]] page, no assets were discernibly taken from Minecraft.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Unomelon |title=Allumeria's Steam page |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308151651/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-date=Mar 8, 2025 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=[[Steam]]}}</ref> A day later, Microsoft withdrew the complaint and Allumeria was reinstated on Steam store page.<ref>[[File:Screenshot_from_Allumeria_Discord_server.png|thumb|Screenshot from Allumeria Discord server announcing that game has been reinstated on Steam.]]
+|[[Microsoft]] submitted a [[DMCA]] notice to [[Valve]] via [[Tracer.ai]] over Allumeria after its systems detected that the game was supposedly using stolen assets from the game.<ref name=":4" /> In an archived snapshot of Allumeria's [[Steam]] page, no assets were discernibly taken from Minecraft.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Unomelon |title=Allumeria's Steam page |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308151651/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-date=Mar 8, 2025 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=[[Steam]]}}</ref> A day later, Microsoft withdrew the complaint and Allumeria was reinstated on Steam store page.<ref>[[File:Screenshot_from_Allumeria_Discord_server.png|thumb|Screenshot from Allumeria Discord server announcing that game has been reinstated on Steam.]]
 </ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unomelon |date=2026-02-11 |title=Post by @unomelon.bsky.social |url=https://bsky.app/profile/unomelon.bsky.social/post/3mekpz2kras2t |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260211090940/https://bsky.app/profile/unomelon.bsky.social/post/3mekpz2kras2t |archive-date=2026-02-11 |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=Bluesky}}</ref><!-- I don't know if the Bluesky post is enough or rather "better" as I had discussed this before on discord and a fellow CRW user did say it is ok so I used it here. -->
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